User profiles for David McGillivray

David McGillivray

Professor in Event and Digital Cultures, University of the West of Scotland
Verified email at dmcgillivray.orangehome.co.uk
Cited by 2475

From fan parks to live sites: Mega events and the territorialisation of urban space

D McGillivray, M Frew - Urban Studies, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This article draws on the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari to consider the phenomenon
of Live Sites and Fan Parks which are now enshrined within the viewing experience of …

Digital cultures, acceleration and mega sporting event narratives

D McGillivray - Leisure Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Mega sporting events, as with the evolution of human progress, continue to be marked by
trepidation and awe over the transformational power of technology. Today, mega sporting …

[BOOK][B] Event policy: From theory to strategy

M Foley, D McGillivray, G McPherson - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
As the event management field expands, there has been an emergence of a distinctive ‘events’
policy field of study and a need for more advanced texts that look at this subject with a …

Developing evidence for football (soccer) reminiscence interventions within long-term care: a co-operative approach applied in Scotland and Spain

…, K Watchman, S Doménech, D McGillivray… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Loneliness is a common experience within long-term care and, to promote well-being and
quality of life among people with dementia, it is important to draw upon a repertoire of …

Prospective validation of the pediatric appendicitis score in a Canadian pediatric emergency department

…, G Dougherty, D McGillivray - Academic …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Clinical scoring systems attempt to improve the diagnostic accuracy of pediatric
appendicitis. The Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS) was the first score created specifically …

The Pediatric Respiratory Assessment Measure: a valid clinical score for assessing acute asthma severity from toddlers to teenagers

…, D Kudirka, X Zhang, L Meng, D McGillivray - The Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the performance characteristics of the Preschool Respiratory
Assessment Measure (PRAM) in preschool and school-aged children with acute asthma. …

Urine culture from bag specimens in young children: are the risks too high?

F Al-Orifi, D McGillivray, S Tange, MS Kramer - The Journal of pediatrics, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: To compare the risks of contaminated culture results and consequent adverse
clinical outcomes in urine specimens obtained by “clean-voided” bag method versus …

Written action plan in pediatric emergency room improves asthma prescribing, adherence, and control

…, RL Zemek, D Chalut, D McGillivray… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: An acute-care visit for asthma often signals a management failure. Although a
written action plan is effective when combined with self-management education and regular …

Health clubs and body politics: Aesthetics and the quest for physical capital

M Frew, D McGillivray - Leisure studies, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
At present, the western world wrestles with an obesity epidemic whilst, paradoxically, maintaining
a fascination for the aesthetic ideal body. With the Scottish health and fitness industry …

Caught up in and by the beautiful game: A case study of Scottish professional footballers

D McGillivray, R Fearn… - Journal of sport and social …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Drawing upon the work of Pierre Bourdieu, this article illustrates how a group of young,
predominantly working-class men come to possess a doxic knowledge of the value of the game …